1777: Abderrahmane M’hiri on Leaving Islam in Tunisia, Ex-Muslim Identity, Religious Doubt, Violence, and Freedom
“I have grown up in a Muslim country and society in a Muslim family.”
“I began to question since a young age ‘about 13-years-old.’”
“The first reason for me to leave Islam was the tremendous amount of violence and bloodthirst. The way the Quran treats the female gender. And then the scientific and historical mistakes that the Quran is crowded with.”
“The outcome was very devastating and the struggle started from there. I was taken by the police from the high school after one of the students told his family I was questioning God and his mother immediately informed the school supervisor.”
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“Friends were mostly aggressive and in some cases it ended with violence.”
“And 2 years ago, I had faced a major aggression from a group of muslim extremist which resulted in my arm being broken.”
“Now, I am trying to seek asylum in Denmark, so I can at least breathe peacefully.”
“Any help to bring the story to the media in my case will be very important and I hope I can get the asylum here.”
“All ex-Muslims in my opinion should work together and unite so we can always make sure we can help one another.”
Scott Douglas Jacobsen is a Canadian independent journalist, interviewer, editor, and publisher. His work explores human rights, science, secularism, public policy, religion, and international affairs. He leads In-Sight Publishing as founder and publisher, serves as editor-in-chief of In-Sight: Interviews, and writes and edits for The Good Men Project. He has published more than 10,000 pieces in over 200 media outlets, including International Policy Digest and The Humanist. His professional memberships include the Canadian Association of Journalists, PEN Canada, and Reporters Without Borders.
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